REPUBLIC OF INDIA LOK SABHA ELECTIONS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1999 ==================================================================== Polling took place between 5 September and 3 October 1999 TAMIL NADU ==================================================================== STATE SUMMARY ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- All-India Anna DMK (ADMK) 6,992,003 25.7 10 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1,945,286 07.1 4 Communist Party of India (CPI) 695,762 02.6 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 639,516 02.3 1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (DMK) 6,298,832 23.1 12 Indian National Congress (INC) 3,022,107 11.1 2 Marumalarchi DMK (MDMK) 1,620,527 05.9 4 MGR Anna DM Kazhagam (MADMK) 396,216 01.5 1 Pattali Maltltal Katchi (PMK) 2,236,821 08.2 5 Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 1,946,899 07.1 - Timizhaga Rajiv Congress 338,278 01.2 - Others 1,099,032 04.0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 27,231,279 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Constituencies and MPs elected -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arakkonam: Dr S Jagathrakshakan (DMK) Chengelpatu: A K Moorthy (PMK) Chidambaram (SC): E Ponnuswamy (PMK) Coimbatore: C P Radhakrishnan (BJP) Cuddalore: Adhi Sankar (DMK) Dharmapuri: P D Elangovan (PMK) Dindigul: C Sreenivaasan (ADMK) GobichettipalayamL K K Kaliappan (ADMK) Karur: M Chinnasamy (ADMK) Krishnagiri: V Vetriselvan (DMK) Madras Central: Murasoli Maran (DMK) Madras North: C Kuppusamy (DMK) Madras South: T R Baalu (DMK) Madurai: P Mohan (CPM) Mayiladuturai: Manishankar Aiyar (INC) Nagapattinam (SC): A K S Vijayan (DMK) Nagurcoil: P Radhakrishnan (BJP) Nilgiris: M Mathan (BJP) Palani: P Kumarasamy (ADMK) Perambalur (SC): A Raja (DMK) Periyakulam: Dhinakaran (ADMK) Pollachi (SC): Dr C Krishnan (MDMK) Pudukottai: Thirunavukarasu (MADMK) Ramanathapuram: K Malaisamy (ADMK) Rasipuram (SC): Dr V Saroja (ADMK) Salem: T M Selvaganapathi (ADMK) Sivaganga: Sudarsana Natchiappan (INC) Sivakasi: Vaiko (MDMK) Sriperumbudur (SC): A Krishnaswamy (DMK) Tenkasi (SC): S Murugesan (ADMK) Thanjavar: S S Palanimanick (DMK) Tindivanam: Ramachandran N Gingee (MDMK) Tiruchendur: A D K Jayaseelan (DMK) Tiruchengode: M Kannappan (MDMK) Tiruchirappalli: Arangarjan Kumaramangalam (BJP) Tirunelveli: P H Pandian (ADMK) Tirupattur: D Vengopal (DMK) Vandavasi: M Durai (PMK) Vellore: N T Shanmugam (PMK) VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ===================================================================== MADRAS NORTH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- C Kuppusamy DMK 471,101 53.57 A Soundara Rajan CPM 311,312 35.40 J M Aaroon Rasheed 81,192 09.23 17 others 15,868 01.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 879,473 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MADRAS CENTRAL ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murasoli Maran DMK 364,565 59.00 M Abdul Latheef AIDMK 227,616 36.84 17 others 25,628 04.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 617,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MADRAS SOUTH ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- T R Baalu DMK 562,221 60.03 V Dhandayudhapani INC 322,037 34.39 9 others 52,264 05.58 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 936,522 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SRIPERUMBUDUR (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A Krishnaswamy DMK 385,558 52.88 K Venugopal AIDMK 310,556 42.60 5 others 32,962 04.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 729,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHENGALPATTU ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A K Moorthy PMK 330,551 48.03 S S Thirunavukkarasu AIDMK 317,740 46.17 10 others 39,890 05.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 688,181 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARAKKONAM ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr S Jagathrakshakan DMK 346,520 47.72 K V Thangka Balu INC 250,876 34.55 A M Velu 121,386 16.72 8 others 7,331 01.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 726,113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- VELLORE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- N T Shanmugam PMK 324,547 47.08 Mohamed Asif AIDMK 298,862 43.35 C K Thamizharasan 44,551 06.46 5 others 21,415 03.11 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 689,375 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TIRUPPATTUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- D Venugopal DMK 350,703 47.94 A R Rajendran AIDMK 327,090 44.71 A Jayamohan 51,932 07.10 3 others 1,890 00.26 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 731,615 -------------------------------------------------------------------- VANDAVASI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Durai PMK 345,539 51.67 M Krishnasswamy INC 286,342 42.82 K A Wahab 36,844 05.51 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 668,725 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TINDIVANAM ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- N Gingee Ramachandran MDMK 323,234 47.28 K Ramamurthee INC 313,884 45.92 S P Subramanian 40,879 05.98 5 others 5,604 00.82 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 683,601 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CUDDALORE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adhi Sankar DMK 358,367 50.49 M C Dhamotharan AIDMK 284,414 40.07 P R S Venkatesan 65,467 09.22 2 others 1,496 00.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 709,744 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHIDAMBARAM (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- E Ponnuswamy PMK 345,331 47.68 R Thirumavalavan 225,768 31.17 Thirumathi T Sumathi Udayakumar INC 150,794 20.82 3 others 2,412 00.33 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 724,305 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DHARMAPURI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P D Elangovan PMK 340,162 47.52 K P Munusamy AIDMK 314,622 43.96 7 others 60,987 08.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 715,771 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KRISHNAGIRI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- V Vetriselvan DMK 347,737 51.05 M Thambidurai AIDMK 315,913 46.38 4 others 17,562 02.58 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 681,212 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RASIPURAM (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr V Saroja AIDMK 304,843 48.46 S Uthayarasu PMK 266,438 42.36 Dr C Natesan 46,564 07.40 4 others 11,156 01.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 629,001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SALEM ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- T M Selvaganapathi AIDMK 363,689 49.73 K Ramamurthy 338,278 46.26 19 others 29,310 04.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 731,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TIRUCHENGODE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Kannappan MDMK 409,293 49.08 K Palanisamy AIDMK 404,737 48.53 8 others 19,985 02.39 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 834,015 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NILGIRIS ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Mathan BJP 369,828 50.73 R Prabhu INC 345,869 47.44 7 others 13,303 01.82 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 729,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GOBICHETTIPALAYAM ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- K K Kaliappan AIDMK 299,184 47.78 K G S Arjun DMK 269,172 42.99 C K Kuppuswamy 48,304 07.71 8 others 9,528 01.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 626,188 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COIMBATORE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- C P Radhakrishnan BJP 430,068 49.21 R Nallakannu CPI 375,991 43.02 S R Balasubramonian 45,205 05.17 6 others 22,756 02.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 874,020 -------------------------------------------------------------------- POLLACHI (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr C Krishnan MDMK 293,038 48.63 M Thiyagarajan AIDMK 283,523 47.05 3 others 26,080 04.32 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 602,641 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PALANI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P Kumarasamy AIDMK 297,850 44.78 A Ganesha Murthi MDMK 269,133 40.47 S K Kaarvendhan 85,407 12.84 10 others 12,689 01.91 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 665,079 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DINDIGUL ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- C Sreenivaasan AIDMK 294,794 43.78 S Chandrasekar DMK 274,451 40.76 N S V Chitthan 69,713 10.35 7 others 34,440 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 673,398 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MADURAI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P Mohan CPM 328,204 43.85 Pon Muthuramalingam DMK 290,981 38.88 A G S Rambabu 89,973 12.02 4 others 39,246 05.24 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 748,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERIYAKULAM ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dhinakaran AIDMK 303,881 46.15 P Selvendran DMK 258,075 39.19 A Manssoor Alikhan 87,429 13.28 15 others 9,146 01.39 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 658,531 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KARUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Chinnasamy AIDMK 334,407 46.46 K C Palanisamy DMK 331,560 46.07 K Natrayan 45,539 06.33 8 others 8,199 01.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 719,705 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TIRUCHIRAPPALLI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kumaramangalam Arangarajan BJP 377,450 54.61 L Adaikalaraj INC 288,253 41.71 11 others 25,433 03.68 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 691,136 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERAMBALUR (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A Raja DMK 330,675 48.58 P Rajarethinam AIDMK 262,624 38.59 D Periyasamy 85,209 12.52 2 others 2,107 00.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 680,615 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MAYILADUTURAI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aiyar Manishankar INC 324,384 50.23 P D Arul Mozhi PMK 284,253 44.02 K Krishnamoorthy 34,998 05.42 1 other 2,161 00.33 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 645,796 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAGAPATTINAM (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A K S Vijayan DMK 342,237 49.92 M Selvarasu CPI 319,771 46.65 2 others 23,504 03.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 685,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------- THANJAVUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- S S Palanimanickam DMK 295,191 45.39 K Thangamuthu AIDMK 262,177 40.31 P A Chidambaram 69,025 10.61 4 others 24,001 03.69 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 650,394 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PUDUKKOTTAI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Thirunavukarasu AIDMK 396,216 51.46 S Singaaravadivel INC 331,914 43.11 6 others 41,874 05.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 770,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SIVAGANGA ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- E M Sudarsana Natchiappan INC 246,078 40.23 H Raja BJP 222,267 36.34 P Chidambaram 127,528 20.85 8 others 15,758 02.58 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 611,631 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RAMANATHAPURAM ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- K Malaisamy AIDMK 265,253 42.15 M S K Bhavani Rajenthiran DMK 258,607 41.09 Dr K Nazeera Parvin 96,334 15.31 4 others 9,114 01.45 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 629,308 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SIVAKASI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaiko MDMK 325,829 41.80 V Ramaswami AIDMK 251,048 32.21 A Gunasekaran 152,817 19.61 13 others 49,770 06.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 779,464 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TIRUNELVELI ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P H Pandian AIDMK 249,975 41.62 P Geetha Jeevan DMK 223,481 37.21 P V Bakthavatchalam 112,941 18.81 10 others 14,157 02.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 600,554 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TENKASI (SC) ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- S Murugesan AIDMK 239,241 35.88 S Arumugam BJP 238,354 35.74 Dr K Krishnasamy 186,220 27.93 3 others 3,011 00.45 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 666,826 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TIRUCHENDUR ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- A D K Jayaseelan DMK 237,630 44.41 Dr B P Rajan AIDMK 177,964 33.26 R Danushkodi Athithan 109,035 20.38 4 others 10,443 01.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 535,072 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAGERCOIL ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P Radhakrishnan BJP 307,319 50.21 N Dennis INC 161,676 26.41 Dr T Kumaradas 139,030 22.71 6 others 4,070 00.66 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 612,095 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